State Roundup: 24,100 new jobs added in November pushing Maryland unemployment rate down
The statue of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall to its place in Lawyer s Mall outside the State House Dec. 17. Governor s Office photo
MD JOBLESS RATE DROPS: Maryland added 24,100 jobs in November and the state’s unemployment rate decreased from 7.8% to 6.8%, according to preliminary data released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday morning, Bryan Renbaum of MarylandReporter.com reports.
HENRIETTA LACKS ACT HEADS TO TRUMP FOR SIGNATURE: A bill inspired by the late Henrietta Lacks, a Baltimore County woman whose cells were used for medical research without her consent, is headed to President Donald Trump’s desk following a push by Maryland lawmakers, Pamela Wood of the Sun reports. The act would require the federal government to publish a report on government-funded cancer research trials, including the amount of participation by underrepresented p
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